Lura Formation
Lura Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous, ~ | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Overlies | |
Location | |
Region | Asia |
Country | China |
The Lura Formation is a geological formation in western China, which outcrops in Tibet, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna[]
- Tetanurae indet.[1]
- ?Coelurosauria indet.[1]
- Sauropoda indet. (=cf. Asiatosaurus kwangshiensis)[1]
- Monkonosaurus lawulacus?[1] - "[Two] vertebrae, sacrum with illia, [three] plates, adult. (possibly found instead in the overlying )"[2]
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of China
- Lower Cretaceous Series of Asia
- Cretaceous China
- Paleontology in Tibet
- Paleontological site stubs
- People's Republic of China geography stubs